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Teen shooter at Brazilian school kills two staff, injures children

France24 · · 503 words
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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A 13-year-old student was arrested after a school shooting in Brazil’s Acre on Tuesday that left two staff members dead and two others injured, including an 11-year-old girl.”
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Multiple independent sources (France 24, Yahoo News Canada, and a general news report) confirm a 13-year-old student was arrested after a shooting in Acre, Brazil, that left two staff members dead and two others injured, including an 11-year-old girl.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Great Seal of the United States features several groupings which consist of 13 things of the same type e.g. 13 olive leaves, 13 stars, 13 arrows. The number 13 is a recurring motif in American her…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 1, 2022 · Sing along to “13” from 13: The Musical, available on Netflix August 12 When Evan Goldman moves from New York City to a small town in Indiana he must navigate a new school and make new f…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzsPwQ_Dzs
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to our About The Number 13 page, where we explore the fascinating and mysterious world surrounding this often misunderstood integer. Delve into the history, superstitions, cultural significanc…
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“The attack at Sao Jose Institute has shocked the country”
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Multiple sources confirm the attack took place at the Sao Jose Institute, with one source explicitly stating it highlights a troubling rise in school violence across Brazil, implying national shock/impact.
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web search NEUTRAL — At least two people were killed and eight others wounded today in a shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Mich...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RYf8yNYIGQ
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web search NEUTRAL — This incident highlights a troubling rise in school violence across Brazil. In recent years, similar attacks have occurred, including a shooting in Ceará that left two teenagers dead and others injure…
https://dazzlingdawn.com/2026/05/06/brazil-school-shooting-1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities said a 13-year-old boy opened fire at Sao Jose Institute, killing two staff members and injuring two people, including a student. The suspect was arrested shortly after the incident, accor…
https://www.firstpost.com/world/13-year-old-kills-two-staff-…
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“A 13-year-old boy was arrested over the attack at Sao Jose Institute, a junior high school in Rio Branco, capital of northwestern Acre state”
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Independent sources confirm the shooter was a 13-year-old boy and the location was the São José Institute in Rio Branco, Acre.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Great Seal of the United States features several groupings which consist of 13 things of the same type e.g. 13 olive leaves, 13 stars, 13 arrows. The number 13 is a recurring motif in American her…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 1, 2022 · Sing along to “13” from 13: The Musical, available on Netflix August 12 When Evan Goldman moves from New York City to a small town in Indiana he must navigate a new school and make new f…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlzsPwQ_Dzs
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to our About The Number 13 page, where we explore the fascinating and mysterious world surrounding this often misunderstood integer. Delve into the history, superstitions, cultural significanc…
https://numeraly.com/about-the-number-13/
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“The injured girl was shot in the leg.”
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CBS News specifically reports that the 11-year-old girl was shot in the leg. While other sources confirm she was injured, only CBS News specifies the location of the wound.
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web search NEUTRAL — A 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, officials said.The injured student, an 11-year-old girl, was shot in the leg. Officials di…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shooting-brazil-deaths-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — 71st & Michigan PERSON SHOT 26-yr-old male was shot in the chest, grazed in the ankle, pronounced 0-1-1-0.Shots fired at the police during a large teen party. Requesting K-9.
https://illinois.liveuamap.com/en/2026/4-may-homicide-person…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Palestinian teenage girl, who was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers during anti-occupation rallies in the Gaza Strip last year, is recovering in Istanbul. Meryem Abu-Matar was shot in the left le…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/gazan-girl-shot-by-israeli-sol…
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“The teenager, who is a student at the school, entered the building and fired several shots in a hallway leading to the principal’s office”
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While sources confirm the shooter was a 13-year-old student at the school and that an attack occurred, the provided evidence does not specifically describe the shooter firing in a hallway leading to the principal's office.
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web search NEUTRAL — A 13-year-old student was arrested after a school shooting in Brazil’s Acre on Tuesday that left two staff members dead and two others injured, including an 11-year-old girl. The attack at Sao Jose In…
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260506-teen-gun-attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 13-year-old suspect allegedly confessed and was taken into custody along with the firearm, government officials said. The gun used in the attack reportedly belonged to the suspect's stepfather, wh…
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2-women-dead-13-old-141103769.html
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web search NEUTRAL — "A shooting attack inside the São José Institute, in downtown Rio Branco, left two employees dead and at least two people injured on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Special Operations Battalion, t…
https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/aftermath/post/493880/breaking-m…
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“He surrendered to police after the attack.”
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One source mentions the suspect was arrested shortly after the incident, but the specific detail that he 'surrendered' is not explicitly corroborated by multiple sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Great Seal of the United States features several groupings which consist of 13 things of the same type e.g. 13 olive leaves, 13 stars, 13 arrows. The number 13 is a recurring motif in American her…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to our About The Number 13 page, where we explore the fascinating and mysterious world surrounding this often misunderstood integer. Delve into the history, superstitions, cultural significanc…
https://numeraly.com/about-the-number-13/
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 13, 2013 · But what’s so unlucky about the number 13, and how did this numerical superstition get started?
https://www.history.com/articles/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-…
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“His stepfather, who owns the .380-calibre pistol used in the attack, was also arrested.”
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Yahoo News Canada reports that the gun belonged to the suspect's stepfather and that the stepfather is also in custody. No other provided source mentions the stepfather.
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web search NEUTRAL — Stepfather A stepfather or stepdad is a biologically unrelated male parent married to one's preexisting parent. A stepfather-in-law is a stepfather of one's spouse. Children from his spouse's previous…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepfather
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of STEPFATHER is the husband of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal father.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepfather
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web search NEUTRAL — STEPFATHER definition: the husband, by a later marriage, of one's parent. See examples of stepfather used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stepfather
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“Police have identified other students who may have cooperated with the attacker”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated shootings in Ohio, NYU, and France. There is no evidence in the provided text regarding other students cooperating with the attacker at Sao Jose Institute.
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web search NEUTRAL — Police said they believe Artan is 20 years old, and in an interview with the Lantern student newspaper in August he said that he was a junior in logistics management who had transferred from Columbus …
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ohio-state-student-identifie…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NYPD said some of the students may have been attacked by the same man seen on surveillance video and identified as 28-year-old Steven Zajonc, arrested two days ago and facing multiple charges for …
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyu-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — All three attackers died during the assault. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed a total of 130 people at the Bataclan, the Stade de Franc…
https://business.mega.mu/2015/12/09/france-identifies-3rd-at…
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“classes had been suspended for three days at all schools in the state”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the suspension of classes for three days.
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“In September 2025, two teenagers were shot and killed, and three others were wounded at a school in the north-eastern state of Ceara.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm this specific event in September 2025 (which is a future date relative to current real-time data).
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“In October 2023, a shooting at a school in Sao Paulo left a 17-year-old student dead and three others wounded.”
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“Shortly beforehand, a teenager was killed and three others were wounded in a knife attack as they left a school in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais.”
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“In April of the same year, a 25-year-old man entered a daycare centre in the southern state of Santa Catarina and killed four children between the ages of 3 and 7 with an axe.”
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